Kennedy Said
By MERRIMAN SMITH
UPI White House Reporter
Washington -UIPU- An ob
servant Iriend of President
Kennedy remarked the other
day that he is starting to look
his age. Considering the mon
umental problems the Presi
.dent has laced in the last year,
it is little wonder.
Next week, on May 29, Ken
nedy will celebrate his 45th
birthday. The problems he
faces are much the same as
a year ago: negotiations over
Berlin, crisis in Laos, politi
cal warfare with Congress.
But the man is different.
He has changed significant
ly in several respects, and if
these could be put in cate
gories they probably would
line up like this:
Minor, Noticeable Results
Personally -The physical
toll of a year in the White
House has produced minor but
noticeable results. He seems
a bit heavier around the jowls
than when he was elected, but
his weight has remained fair
ly stable.
The back ailment, which
flared into headlines after a
tree-planting ceremony last
May in Ottawa, still continues
to bother him occasionally.
But essentially the recovery
has been satisfactory, largely
because of a muscle-building
regimen of daily exercise and
swimming in heated pools.
He appears to have become
more sensitive to criticism
apparently natural in White
House occupants. This takes
the form of being nettled
about broadcast and printed
critiques which he feels do
not fairly or accurately por
tray administration policies.
More Controversial
Domestically - He has be
come a more controversial
figure on the home front. Po
litically this has been because
of his handling of such issues
as the steel strike, or his pro
motion of his plan for medical
care to the aged through so
cial security.
Some more conservative op
ponents see him as an enemy
of businessmen and the rich,
and a friend of radicals. Some
more liberal supporters see
him as being too conservative,
a man who must be nudged
more to the left of center.
But political feelings aside,
the American public seems to
believe he's doing a fine job;
so much so, in fact, that pub
lic opinion polls show him to
be at the peak of his popu
larity. Internationally Kennedy
has increased appreciation,
based on a year of explosive
experience, of the difficulty
of getting things done the way
he would like them to be. Now
much more than a year ago
today when lie was pre
paring for his Vienna meeting
with Nikita Khrushchev
he feels the tedious chore of
trying to do business with
the Russians.
But the frustrations of in
ternational diplomacy have
not dimmed his conviction
that it is better to "jaw-jaw
than war-war," as he quo'cd
Winston Churchill to a recent
news conference.
It was at this same news
conference that the President
cracked he was "reading more
and enjoying it less." Al
though the same might be ap
plied to his job, it has not
diminished his enthusiasm for
taking on problem after prob
lem, and working long hours
Jn an effort to solve them.
Rapid Reading
He usually is up about 8
ing His Age
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LOOKING HIS AGE An observant friend of President Ken
nedy has remarked that he is starting to look his age. Con
sidering the monumental problems the President has faced
in the last year, it is little wonder. Next week, on May zb,
Kennedy will celebrate his 45th birthday. The Chief Execu
tive is shown here in a picture taken May 11. (UPI)
a.m. Roughly an hour later,
after a rapid reading of sev
eral newspapers and a light
breakfast, he is in his office.
For a midday break he of
ten takes a swim and has a
light lunch. Rarely does he
leave the office before 6 p.m.,
and frequently he is there un
til 8 o'clock.
Then in the evening he may
attend one of the glittering
parties by which he and his
wife Jacqueline, have trans
formed the White House into
one of the gayest places in
town. These affairs have been
known to last until 5 a.m., but
the late hour doesn't seem to
deter the President from
reaching his office about his
usual hour.
On week ends, he usually
takes his family out of town.
Largely this is because he
and the first lady are deter
mined to maintain a sem
blance of family life for their
children, Caroline and John
Jr.
Political Business
On other week ends like
this one, for example he
may be conducting political
business. There was the Sat
urday night birthday party at
Madison Square Garden
where Democrats paid $100
to $1,000 a ticket to join him.
Then tonight there is a ral
ly where he will speak on
behalf of his controversial
medical care plan.
The President is convinced
that in the "medicare" con
troversy he has one of the
most powerful and attractive
issues of his career thus far.
With congressional elections
coming up this fall, he intends
to continue pushing for it.
Despite the enormous in
ternational burdens on his
desk, Kennedy has the con
summate politician's appetite
for grappling with domestic
issues. But so far his batting
average with Congress has
not been as good as he would
prefer.
One setback was on his plan
to provide federal aid for sec
ondary schools. On the other
hand, the outlook is fairly
good for his big drive to get
a liberalized foreign trade
program through.
As a man who has studied
history to the extent he has,
Kennedy knows his future is
bound to be rocky; that his
personal popularity docs not
necessarily equate with suc
cess or achievement.
But as he nears his 45th
birthday, his knowledge of
history helps him keep his
sights on the main targets. He
knows that today's mountains
may turn out to be tomorrow's
mole hills.
And it's quite obvious that
he doesn't regret his decision
as a "young" 43-year-old to
run for the presidency.
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The Medford Board of Real
tors, which is currently ob
serving Real Estate week in
conjunction with hundreds of
other boards of the National
Association of Real Estate
Boards throughout the coun
try, has designated today,
May 21, Homestead day, ac
cording to Keith Bates, presi
dent of the Medford Board of
Realtors.
"We think it is singularly
appropriate for realtors to
take part with the Depart
ment of the Interior in mark
ing the passage of the Home
stead Act in 1862," Bates
said.
Virtually all historians have
described the enactment of
this legislature as a turning
point in American history.
Briefly, the Act made it pos
sible for thousands of citizens
to establish homes and farms
on public lands. The only re
quirement was five years of
residence on the land to
which they later acquired full
title.
Largely as a result of the
Homestead Act, many million
acres of vacant land were
transformed into homes and
farms by the end of the last
century, the Realtor president
recalled. As of today, more
than six out of 10 families
own their own homes, and
many of the purchase trans
actions were c ompleted
through realtors.
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dent replied to a notice of
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cused the university of acting
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A number of Medford peo
ple attended the 52nd annual
meeting of the National Scout
Council May 17 and 18 in
Portland.
The National Lorillard
Spencer silver cup was pre
sented to officials of Region
11 during the event. Won in
competition among the 12 Boy
Scout regions in the nation,
the award to Region 11 in
cludes Oregon, Washington
Idaho, Western Montana and
Alaska for the district's out
standing record of growth in
Scout membership, retention
of members subscriptions to
the Scout magazine, "Boy's
Life."
Each of the 29 Scout coun
cils in the region received a
bronze plaque and photograph
of the award in recognition of
their efforts in helping to win
the award.
Delegates attend from the
Crater Lake council, which
Includes Jackson and Jose
phine counties in Oregon, and
Siskiyou county in California
were Judson W. Compton
Medford, Scout executive; N
H. Gladfclter, Medford; Dr
Elmo N. Stevenson, Ashland
Dave Franklin, Medford; An
drew Schmidt, Medford; J. A
McDougal, former Medford
man, and council commission
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Crater Lake council repre
sentatives attending were
George L. Brenncn. assistant
Scout executive, and William
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